Gordon Brown: an utterly dignified farewell

It would take a heart of stone not to feel for Gordon Brown as he resigned. At last the arrogance, the refusal to listen, melted away, to be replaced by modesty and dignity.

He has done just the right thing in keeping his children from the glare of the press. And there was no hint of political advantage in giving his children a little glimpse of the attention afforded the great office their father held.